Curtain-pole attachment.



No. 656,856. Patented Aug. 28, |900.

i E. PLATTE. CURTAIN POLE ATTACHMENT.

(Application l'edfllay 15, 1900.)

PATENT OFFICE.

EMILIE PLATTE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CURTAIN-POLE ATTAGHM ENT.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 656,856, dated August28,1900.

Applieationilled May 15,1900.

To all whom itjmty concern:

Be it known that I, EMILIE PLATTE, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of the city of New York, (College Point,) borough of Queens,State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCurtain- Pole Attachments, of which the following is a specification,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to attachments for curtain-poles for the purpose ofseparating or drawing the curtains together; audit consists of acurtain-pole provided with a metallic ring at each end thereof, therings having bridges with guides for a cord, in combination withsupporting rods and means on said bridges for receiving the ends of therods and securing them in place, and otherwise, as hereinafter morefully described,and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a bottom plan view, the endsof the pole and part of the caps for the same being shown in section.Fig. 2 is an enlarged bottom plan with the end caps entirely removed,the ends of the pole being shown in section. Figs. 3 and 5 arerespectively views of the ends of the pole and attachments, the capsbeing-removed. Fig. 4L is a vertical longitudinal section taken on theline 4L fl of Fig. 3, and Fig. 6 is a Vertical longitudinal sectiontaken on the line 6 G of Fig.` 5. Y i

In the drawings, A represents a curtainpole made hollow or tubular,having the lower part slotted or open to a point near the ends B C,which are left whole,so as to receive the ornamental caps or finishingparts D E, which close them. The cap D is provided with apertures orholes a a, through which the ends of the cord bare placed and from whichsuch ends hang down, and may or may not have a tassel or handle1 cattached thereto for convenience in pulling the cord whenever thecurtains are to be separated or drawn together. e

Inside Vof the end B, which is covered by the cap D, is driven or fixeda metallic collar d, having a cross-bar or bridge c with a central lugf, over which a metallic strap g extends, so as to form lugs h and i oneach side of and some distance from the lugf, the strap g being securedon the bridge e. Between Serial No.16,714. (No model.)

the lug f and the lugs h and are placed small roller-guides or pulleys jk, supported by a transverse or horizontal rivet or pivot, and outsideof the lugs h and i are posts Z and m, which pass upwardly from thebridge c and preferably through the end parts of the strap g.

Inside of the end C of thepole which is covered by the cap E is drivenor fixed a metallic collar In, having a bridge o, which' is similar tothe collar d, with its bridge e, but without any central lug. On thebridge o is a strap p, forming lugs or uprights q and r, between which ahorizontal pulley or guide s is placed and secured by a vertical pivotor rivet, and outside of the uprights q and r the bridge o is providedwith eyes tt. The eyes ttreceive the ends of two rods F G, the oppositeends of which are preferably iiattened and provided with holes whichenable them to slip over the posts l and m when placed wit-hin thecurtain-pole, in which they are thus secured and supported. Slidingconnections, preferably in the formof rings c o, sewed to braid w or tothe curtains, if desired,are placed on each of the rods F and G. Thecurtains may be stitched to the braid w or to the rings or to loops orhooks substituted therefor, so that one curtain will beA suspended byone of the rods and the other oneby the other rod. The ends of the braidw which are nearest to the ends of the pole, and consequently at theouter edge of the curtain, are made fast by tying or otherwise securingthe last ringe to one of the posts or eyes which support the rods, asindicated by the strings zr x, (seen most clearly in Fig. 2,) or theouter edges of the curtains may be made fast by other means. When theseconnections are made, one end of the cord b is passed over one ofl thevertical pulleys j or 7c and along the braid until the lastring--thatis, the one at the inner edge of the curtain-fis reached, and it isknotted to this ring and passed on around the horizontal pulley at theopposite end of the pole, and on returning along the braid of theopposite curtain it is knotted to the ring at the inner edge of that.one and passes back over the other vertical pulley at the end of thepole from which it was inserted. The two ends of this cord pass outv ofthe holes in the cap D and hang down a suitable distance therefrom topermit the operation of separating or closing the curtain, which underthese f conditions will be effected by pulling one end of the cord orthe other, as may be desired.

It is obvious that some changes may be made in some of the mechanicaldetails of the construction of 'the `pole and connections therewith, andI do not therefore wish to be understood as limiting thescope of mypatent other than as may be required for the sake of its validity.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A curtain-pole provided with a metallic ring at each end thereof saidrings having bridges with guides for a cord, in combination withsupporting-rods and means on said bridges for receiving the ends of saidrods and securing the same in place substantially as described.

2. A curtain-pole provided with a metallic ring at each end thereof,said rings having bridges carrying pulleys adapted to guide a cord, incombination with supporting-rods, eye connections on one bridge forreceiving one end of the rods, pins on the other bridge adapted to entera hole in the other end of the rods, whereby the same may be secured Vinvplace substantially as described.

